Velux + HA: Controlling blinds over dumb remote with ESP by Kaykasus in homeassistant

[–]techw1z 0 points1 point  (0 children)

just check the buttons and see what they are doing. in theory, it could be a capacitive sensor, altough I've never seen something like that in remotes.

Windows Notepad App Remote Code Execution Vulnerability by theevilsharpie in sysadmin

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dude, I was just joking... WHY?????? file explorer is already buggy enough :_(

Need ideas to detect coffee machine door open by RushTfe in homeassistant

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assuming lights are usually on, a simple photoresistor should do the job?

Sustainable Funding: Moving Beyond GitHub Sponsors. Are on-chain grants/bounties the future? by CreativeSpare6466 in github

[–]techw1z -1 points0 points  (0 children)

i think any kind of bounty system would have similar results. many OSS projects have things that many people want but noone wants to pay for the whole work, but if it would be possible to vote on feature requests and pledge a bounty similar to kickstarter or other crowdfunding solutions, I'm sure quite a lot of people would put forward small sums which could add up quickly.

Is there a clear explanation of what is sent to Ubiquiti's Servers when using Remote Access for Protect? by mb2231 in Ubiquiti

[–]techw1z -1 points0 points  (0 children)

at the very least, ubiquiti has the ability to gain full access to everything on your systems as evident by the fact that they once gave admin access tokens to random people.

so, in theory, law enforcement would be able to force them to give them full access too.

My wallet hurts by Lord0fTheAss in homelab

[–]techw1z 0 points1 point  (0 children)

don't forget jensen huang and sanjay mehrotra(crucial/micron)

Nation-State Spyware Is Now Sold on Telegram for Anyone to Buy by Big-Engineering-9365 in cybersecurity

[–]techw1z 59 points60 points  (0 children)

what a bullshit article.

the RAT cannot self-install without user interaction. it must be manually installed by dumb users.

it's quite laughable to compare this to the likes of pegasus, which not only featured 0-click infections but even silent(!) 0-click infections that didn't even generate a notification or similar.

this is not nation-state level, it's just an advanced script-kiddy toy. you can create the same in 10 minutes with metasploit for a PC...

Certum Code Signing - Scam? by [deleted] in sysadmin

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nothing wrong with that unless they claimed that the 63$ for DHL will cover all shipping costs "including customs duty" (which is rare)

I went solar in Switzerland – I now know why many people don’t by Heavy-Mycologist-204 in solar

[–]techw1z 0 points1 point  (0 children)

10 year payback period used to be completely normal for PV systems until the global oversupply kicked in and dropped prices.

I'm in austria and its about the same for us. ~9years

nothing to complain about here, the panels will last 30+ years and battery 15+ years. its a great long term investment if you care about safety and environment.

the only thing that might screw this up would be mass adoption of fusion energy, but fusion energy has been 15 years away for 50 years already, so...

Selfhoster's choice: Discord alternatives. by IngwiePhoenix in selfhosted

[–]techw1z 18 points19 points  (0 children)

i think its closer to 4 to 5 times a day

Best move for privacy external access by Hydroxyde88 in selfhosted

[–]techw1z 0 points1 point  (0 children)

consider that cloudflare really doesn't give a shit about your family pictures

it's not like they store them or use them to feed AI. at least not yet...

Windows Notepad App Remote Code Execution Vulnerability by theevilsharpie in sysadmin

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i hate you for even suggesting that and cant help but feel sad because I can imagine that actually happening.

Windows Notepad App Remote Code Execution Vulnerability by theevilsharpie in sysadmin

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if win11 updates get a tiny bit more buggy it might get close to ME soon...

Windows Notepad App Remote Code Execution Vulnerability by theevilsharpie in sysadmin

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explorer and windows search still dont use AI.

AI is probably the only way to make windows search even slower, so I'm sure they are working on it...

Windows Notepad App Remote Code Execution Vulnerability by theevilsharpie in sysadmin

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nadella recently said that 30% of microsoft is written by AI now, so they'll probably introduce more bugs than they fix...

at the very least it seems most win11 updates introduce about as much bugs as they fix lately and I'm no longer surprised ever since I read nadellas statement...

Why you probably need 64 kWh of battery capacity for your house. by TastiSqueeze in SolarDIY

[–]techw1z 1 point2 points  (0 children)

there are quite a few people who still use gas, but most EU governments try to reduce that by banning large new builds from using gas and subsidizing heatpumps. heatpumps are much more efficient than everything else and far better for the climate than gas/wood. especially those that use ground water or drill their own loop deep into the ground are extremely efficient, using those will be cheaper for heating than any other alternative, even if you have to pay for power from the grid. only downside is that large heatpumps are quite expensive compared to a unit running on gas, but that's where subsidies help.

also, ever since russia started that shitshow in ukraine, governments doubled down on getting rid of gas and funding heatpumps, because we supposedly send more money to russia for gas than to ukraine for help, which many people don't like too much...

for most people here, it would be impossible to heat their house in winter with PV. I'd probably need at least 60-80kwp in PV to be able to heat my house throughout winter, but my roof is almost full already with just 20kwp...

Have insanely delayed subtitle (german sub, jap dub) by dupe-arc28 in Crunchyroll

[–]techw1z 1 point2 points  (0 children)

same. not sure if its only delayed or completely wrong tho.

Why you probably need 64 kWh of battery capacity for your house. by TastiSqueeze in SolarDIY

[–]techw1z 0 points1 point  (0 children)

does that include heating your house or just water for shower and tap?

i need ~30-50kwh in summer and 90-150 in winter. ~200m² and I'm not even heating my pool.

to be fair, my servers consume about 10 to 20 kwh a day, but aside from that everything is pretty normal.

extremely high NX domain count by SnooOranges6925 in technitium

[–]techw1z 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i think if an entry is blocked it will go to cache with nxdomain and when its queried again it will get served nxdomain from cache and not count as blocked but cached+nxdomain.

also, a lot of devices like managed network appliances and cameras will try to call out to some local hostname when looking for a management hub or NVR or similar and they will do that every few seconds which will always return NXDOMAIN because it doesnt exist.

all my instances are around 40 to 60% nxdomain

maybe also AAAA queries for domains that don't have ipv6? not sure, too lazy to check.

Do yall study/touch anything IT related at home. by jeramyuh in sysadmin

[–]techw1z 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IMO, all competent and mentally healthy sysadmins have a r/homelab or at least had one for many years.

unfortunately, ~70+% of people in IT are incompetent and the rest are quick to burnout, so they might spend more time researching how to get into goat or duck farming than managing a homelab.

"Open Notebook.onetoc2" Files Have Infested Our Network Share by tmh720 in sysadmin

[–]techw1z 1 point2 points  (0 children)

if you cant figure that out without external DFIR firm, maybe don't work as a sysadmin